Culture

Books 2018: Effects of the Newfound U.S. Energy Abundance on Nigeria and Beyond

Books 2018: Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power Author: Meghan L. O’Sullivan (2017) Review by: Kayode Laro, Consul General of Nigeria in Atlanta As a Nigerian, developments in international oil markets are of great interest to me. This is because of the importance of oil, particularly the international Read more

Books 2018: India’s Indictment of Unbridled Capitalism

Book: Capital: The Eruption of Delhi Author: Rana Dasgupta Review by: Trevor Williams, managing editor of Global Atlanta I’ve traveled to India once. It’s a pulsating place, loud with the din of lives crashing against each other and people trying to get by. I’ve seen this with my own eyes and can say it with Read more

Books 2018: Finding Comfort in the Untangling of Mystery

Book(s): Agatha Christie’s Poirot Mysteries Author: Agatha Christie Review by: Leslie Gordon, director of the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University Lately I have escaped the endlessly dismaying news cycle by reading 35 of the 37 Agatha Christie Poirot mysteries. Stealing an hour for myself, I settle in a quiet place, my Read more

Books 2018: How an ‘Ungentlemanly’ British Unit Showed Creativity Amid WWII Conflict

Book: Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat Author: Giles Milton Reviewer: Christopher N. Smith, Attorney at Law & Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark. “Operation Postmaster” is a little-known piece of World War II history. This daring raid was conducted by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in 1942 in Read more

Books 2018: Taming the ‘Unquiet Mind’

Book Title: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Author: Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison Book Review by: Jim Whitcomb, global finance executive An Unquiet Mind is a fascinating fast-paced journey through a very tumultuous period in the life of its author, Kay Redfield Jamison. Dr. Jamison shares with complete candor her personal experience Read more

Books 2018: Civil War History in One Painting

Book: Near Andersonville Author: Peter H. Wood Review by: Philip P. Bolton, publisher of Global Atlanta Northern victory in the U.S. Civil War during the summer months of 1864 was far from assured. Even the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln was severely in doubt. Nor was Union Gen. William T. Sherman‘s capture of Atlanta guaranteed; Read more

Books 2018: Music’s True Function Found in Old Greece

Book: Lament From Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe’s Oldest Surviving Folk Music Author: Christopher C. King Reviewed by: Glenn P. Hendrix, Chair, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP I’m a fan of the Oxford American magazine’s annual music issue, which comes with a complimentary music CD featuring all manner of Southern artists. The 2016 edition, titled “Visions of the Blues,” Read more

Books 2018: Japanese Secrets to Long Life — Good Diet, Passionate Pursuits and Never Retiring

Book: Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life Authors: Héctor García and Francesc Miralles Review by: Sucheta Rawal, author, travel writer and founder of Go Eat Give, a nonprofit This summer, I was reading my newly released children’s book – Beato Goes To Japan at an event in Huntsville, Ala., when an audience member came Read more

Books 2018: Coates on What It Really Means to Be Black in America

Book: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates Reviewed by Cedric L. Suzman, retired founding EVP & Program Director, World Affairs Council of Atlanta Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and this book is a collection of his essays, including his iconic “The Case for Reparations” that Read more

Books 2018: How Ordinary People Can Make Extraordinary CEOs

Book: The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors that Transform Ordinary People into World-Class Leaders Authors: Elena Botelho and Kim R. Powell Review by: Doug Shipman, CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center Many books on being a CEO are more pep-talk than guidebook, so I usually avoid reading them. And I must admit — the Read more

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